deserving

Example Sentences

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Are we still deserving of kindness when someone knows our darkest, most cruel impulses?

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

I hope his story can be remembered not because of its tragedy, but because it demanded a future where people deserving refuge are not thrown into peril.

From Slate • Mar. 19, 2026

"But that's not to say that Ryan Coogler is not equally deserving."

From Barron's • Mar. 15, 2026

Some of the categories are impossible to call - especially the hotly-contested best British artist, where Olivia Dean, Lola Young, Lily Allen, Dave, Sam Fender and PinkPantheress would all be deserving winners.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

And I will that all the world wit that I, Sir Gawaine, Knight of the Round Table, sought my death at thy hands— and not through thy deserving, but it was mine own seeking.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White